Anticreeper for rails.



c. w. BREED. I ANTIOBEEPEB FOB RAILS.- APPI IOATIOI FILED IUIE 8;, 191 2.

1,075,187; Patented 0011.7,1913.

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CfiABLES w. BREED; or cn-rcaeo, nmnvors, ASSIGNOB. To THE'P. & m. (10., or

CHICAGO; ILT-I'NOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINoIs.

ANTIGREEPER Fen learns.

To allcvhom z't may concern." a

Be it known \thatI, Germans W. BREED,

a citizen of the United States, residing at i vent ng the cree'ping of rails.

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Anticreepers for 'Rails of' which the following is a .full, clear, concise and exact descri tion reference bein 7 2:

had to the accompanying drawing, forming. a art of this specification.

mvention relates to means for pre- The object of my invention is toproyide' an improved anti-creeper which is jOlIlGCl' to the rail by-welding.

In he accompanying drawings ti,on. I do' not limit myself to these embodiments, however.

Figure .1 isa perspective vlew of an anticreeperin which a memberuis welded to the upper side'of the rail base and is secured to the tie by spikes. Fig. 2 is a modification of the preceding anti-creeper, .the welded 'member having depending lugs which en-' ga e the side of the tie.

n both the figures of the usual cross-tie is indicated by reference numeral 1,and the rail is indicated b! reference numeral 2. i

In the form of device illustrated, in Fig.

la bar of: suitable metal'3, for example, wrought iron or-steelis welded tothe upper surface ofone of the two oppositely extending flanges which make u "the rail base.

' This bar or strip is prefera ly long enough to span two adjacent ties and may be made long enough to span more than two ties, if

trio welding may be employed or a fusible mixtureof iron'oxid and aluminum may [be used, or other welding processes may be emloyed. Where the welding is performed y thejuse of'a. fusible mixture of finelydi v1ded-iron oxidand aluminum,'the bar 3*is" preferablg provided with a hole, the upper end of w ichv is surroundedtemporarillyby a clay cup, the hole and the cup being lled a mixture which, after being ignited,

fuses said bar to said rail base, a small pro jecting mass of metal 5 being left-after the I Specification of Lettersia-tent. Application filed June 22, 1-912. Serial 1%. 705,259.

I have illustrated twoembodiments of my inven-.

drawings the Patented Oct. 7, 1913;

operation is completed. If the welding is accomplished. electrically, the bar is suitably'clamped to the rail base in a well ivknown manner and welded thereto bythepassage of-aheavy current through the contactin'g elements. Ineither case the bar is integrally joined to the rail base and moves therewith when the rail tends to creep. The

spikes 6, which are driven through thespike holes 4, transmit the creeping tendency to one or more ties, whereby the creeping is effectually resisted] The form of anticreeper just described is preferably applied to the rail directly opposite a rail joint, assuming the rails to be laid in the well known staggered arrangement. Creeping is prevented at the rail joint itself as the fish plates are bolted to both railsand arealsospiked to the-ties. Accordingly,.the creepingytendency is necessarily resisted by one end of the ties adjacent to. the railjoint;

By arranging my improved'anti-creeper 0p posite said rail-joint creeping" of the other rail is resisted by the other ends of said ties.

I thereby provide against skewing of theties and consequent disturbance ofthe gage. .The anti-creeper illustratedin Fig. 2 cons'i sts of'a plateor bar-7 having" preferably,

one or more downwardly'ex'tending lugs or projections 8, which are preferab struck up from-the metal of said late or'otherwi'se formed integrally therew th. Each downwardly projecting elementhas a substan-H tially vertical bearing face adapted to. bear directly against the side oflthe corresponding tie and thereby transmit the thrust to said. tie independently-of spikes, although spikes may" also be employed, if desired. 'The downward rejections may of course assume many-di erent forms. -The welded part in each case is to all intents and purposes a unitarypiart of the rail and accord-- sloose and 'never permits ingly never wor the rail to slip with respect thereto. Eur

thermore, being placed against; thegepper. 1- surface of one of the rail'flanges, it is in a ded thereto.-

convenient position to be we It is to beunderstood, of course, that both forms'of device which leave described are selected simply for the purpose of illustrat-i ing the main features of the invention and for the purpose of suggesting a few of the applications thereof. Accordmgly, I .do not limitmyselfto these forms, butl desire to v Corrections in Letters Patent No. 1,075,187.

cover also any suitable equivalent means which fall within the scope of the appended claims. v

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States is 1. An anti-creeper for railroad rails comprising a member welded to the upper side of the rail base and extending over a plurality of ties, in combination with suitable means for preventing relative longitudinal movement of said member with respect to said ties.

2. ,An anti-creeper for railroad rails comprising a flat bar welded to the upper surface of one of the rail base flanges, said bar extendin over a plurality of ties and extending aterally beyondthe rail base, said bar having openings adjacent the outer edge of the rail base for the reception of spikes.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

' CHARLES W. BREED. Witnesses:

Gno. B. JoNEs, MABEL REYNOLDS.

Copies or this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certified that in Letters provement in Anticreepers for Rails,

and that the said Letters Patent should [seen] requiring correction as follows: Page 1,

Washington, D. 0.

Patent No. 1,075,187, granted October 7,

1913, upon the application of Charles W. Breed, of Chicago, 1llinois,-for an imerrors appear in the printed specification line 32, after the word example strike out thecomina, page 2, lines 8-9, for the words fa plurality' of read 07w 0?" more;

' and same page, line 12, before the word said insert the words at leaet'one of;

be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed andsealed this 28th day of October, A. n, 1913.

- THOMAS EWING,

Cormm'ssz'one'r' of Patents.

Corrections in Letters Patent No. 1,075,187.

cover also any suitable equivalent means which fall within the scope of the appended claims. v

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States is 1. An anti-creeper for railroad rails comprising a member welded to the upper side of the rail base and extending over a plurality of ties, in combination with suitable means for preventing relative longitudinal movement of said member with respect to said ties.

2. ,An anti-creeper for railroad rails comprising a flat bar welded to the upper surface of one of the rail base flanges, said bar extendin over a plurality of ties and extending aterally beyondthe rail base, said bar having openings adjacent the outer edge of the rail base for the reception of spikes.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

' CHARLES W. BREED. Witnesses:

Gno. B. JoNEs, MABEL REYNOLDS.

Copies or this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certified that in Letters provement in Anticreepers for Rails,

and that the said Letters Patent should [seen] requiring correction as follows: Page 1,

Washington, D. 0.

Patent No. 1,075,187, granted October 7,

1913, upon the application of Charles W. Breed, of Chicago, 1llinois,-for an imerrors appear in the printed specification line 32, after the word example strike out thecomina, page 2, lines 8-9, for the words fa plurality' of read 07w 0?" more;

' and same page, line 12, before the word said insert the words at leaet'one of;

be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed andsealed this 28th day of October, A. n, 1913.

- THOMAS EWING,

Cormm'ssz'one'r' of Patents. 

